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Core Subject Areas
Peak Academic
Performance
For The Road Ahead
Engine Check?
Students will be tested regularly in the
classroom and at the end of each year
to ensure they are operating at peak
academic performance!
K ping Students’’ Wh ls Turning in the Cla r m
In the classroom, educators use student test results to determine what
instructional adjustments are needed to keep every student moving
forward on the road to success.
• When a student takes a test, it gives the teacher insight
into what the student knows and doesn’t know.
• The teacher then re ects on those results and
analyzes the gaps in learning.
• The teacher develops lesson plans that address
individual student needs.
• Teacher teaches the lessons and the cycle starts
all over again with a test to determine what the
student learned.
This cycle of instruction is the process that
keeps your child up-to-speed in achieving
grade-level standards.
Outl k on State Testing
In addition to classroom testing given throughout
the year, students will take a more rigorous state
assessment at the end of the school year. The data
from this comprehensive test will also be used to tailor
instruction to the individual needs of students.
Garage
F d for Thought
MENU
BACKGROUND
In 2010, legislators adopted college- and career-ready
standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
Standards for science, social studies, art and physical education
were written in Oklahoma by Oklahoma educators.
This collection of academic standards is called the
Oklahoma Academic Standards.
The standards will be fully implemented in state schools by the 2013-2014 school year.
WHAT’S NEW?
The new standards more clearly identify what students need to know and allow
students to delve deeper when learning by focusing on fewer but higher concepts.
The new standards incorporate reading, writing and math across all subject areas.
The English Language Arts standards are like a staircase. This staircase of
complexity moves students to higher skills and knowledge as they advance from
PreK to grade 12.
The new standards ask students to apply what they learn within the context of
real-world problems
ASSESSMENT
With more rigorous standards, comes more rigorous assessments.
In the first few years of administering the new assessments, student tests scores
will more than likely drop, but then rebound over time as teachers and students
make learning adjustments.
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Unpack Your OAS Action Plan
o Sign up for the OAS newsletter at TheRoadAheadOK.com.
o Join the OAS social network on Facebook and Twitter.
o Play an active role in supporting student achievement of the
standards.
FLIP OVER!
Sign just ahead for su orting the standards
fo r Citizens of Oklahoma
4 The Road Ahead
Your Hometown, OK
PREK-12 Students
Co ege
Car r
citizen-ready
What are the Oklahoma
Academic Standards?
1 OAS is the vehicle for
improving student
outcomes.
2 College-, Career- and
Citizen-Readiness is our
destination.
3 Educators are in the
classroom driver’s seat.
4 A few instructional shifts by teachers
will move learning into high gear.
5 OAS gets students’ wheels turning.
6 The time to accelerate efforts is now.
7 Assessment stops ensure students
achieve peak performance.
8 Students advance further down the
road when all stakeholders get on
board.
9 Fill your think-tank with support from
the OSDE.
10 Give this initiative a jumpstart!
Test
Re ect
Teach
Plan
F d for
Thought
What Oklahomans
Need to Know for the
Road Ahead
What Teachers Can Do
• Take part in professional
development
• Share best practices with
teacher colleagues
• Share standards with
parents and other education
stakeholders
• Show parents learning
activities to do at home with
children
• Set up real-world tasks that
allow students to apply what
they learn in context
What Parents Can Do
• Become familiar with
academic standards for your
child’s grade level
• Meet with teachers regularly
and ask how you can help
• Attend family workshops
• Take advantage of tutor ing
services
• Build on your child’s
strengths and address
weaknesses by doing
learning activities at home
What Students Can Do
• Know what the academic
standards are for your grade
level
• Focus time and energy
on school work and positive
extracurricular activities
• Ask teachers, parents, and
peers for help if you are
struggling and help your
peers when you can
• Set learning goals and
explore future career paths
through volunteering
What Busine es Can Do
• Help students connect what
they are learning in the
classroom to the real world of
work by
o Being a guest speaker,
doing demonstrations,
and providing hands-on
learning activities in
classrooms
o Off ering internships and
job shadowing.
o Hosting eld trips to your
local of ce
• Provide nancial support if
possible
What Oklahomans Can Do
• Volunteer and/or be a
mentor at your local school
• Attend school board
meetings
• Serve on local school
advisory committees
• Donate classroom materials
• Provide community classes
for parents
• Share school successes
and needs with community
groups
For more information and to join us
on the journey, visit
www.TheRoadAheadOK.com
What Families
Need to Know for
the Road Ahead
TWO-WAY
STREET
SCHOOL
Students bene t
greatly when
schools and
families support
each other’s
efforts!
Cla r m teachers
plan how to best
teach students
using materials
determined by their
local sch ls and districts…
with the goal of helping
students achieve the Oklahoma
Academic Standards.
Families support student
achievement by
coordinating their
efforts with teachers and
doing at-home learning
activities with their
children.
Educators
Co ect with OAS
Local
schools
and
Students Co ect with OAS
Students shift a few gears in the
classroom focusing on reading
more non- ction, building
Families Co ect with OAS
Families support
learning at home
by being familiar
with grade-level
standards,
reviewing test
data, supervising
homework, and
doing at-home
learning activities.
classroom teachers
decide how
students achieve
the standards
by planning the
curriculum and
instruction. Schools, families, and
communities coordinate their efforts
to support achievement of standards.
content knowledge,
tackling more
complex text,
justifying their
answers, writing
across all subject
areas, and using
the language of
learning.
Common Core
English Language
Arts
Common Core
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
World Languages
Personal Financial
Literacy
The Arts
Information
Literacy
Instr uctional
Technology
Technology
Education
Health, Safety,
and Physical
Education
OKDOE_FoldingMap10.indd 1 8/27/13 2:31 PM
We all want our students ready for their
road ahead! In our ever-changing
world,
it is important that Oklahoma schools
produce graduates ready to compete in
today’s workforce. To get students college-and
career-ready,
the Oklahoma State
Department of Education has adopted
and developed the Oklahoma Academic
Standards. These standards are more
focused and rigorous, designed to provide
students with the skills needed to be
successful in the 21st century.
Please join us in lear ning more about the
standards and how you can support our
students on their journey to success!
Janet C. • Barresi
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Welcome
HOME
Prepare PreK-12 students for
College, Career and
Citizenship
Teach students how to think
more deeply and apply what
they learn to solving real
world problems
Provide clear expectations
of what students should
know and be able to do by
the end of each school year

Core Subject Areas
Peak Academic
Performance
For The Road Ahead
Engine Check?
Students will be tested regularly in the
classroom and at the end of each year
to ensure they are operating at peak
academic performance!
K ping Students’’ Wh ls Turning in the Cla r m
In the classroom, educators use student test results to determine what
instructional adjustments are needed to keep every student moving
forward on the road to success.
• When a student takes a test, it gives the teacher insight
into what the student knows and doesn’t know.
• The teacher then re ects on those results and
analyzes the gaps in learning.
• The teacher develops lesson plans that address
individual student needs.
• Teacher teaches the lessons and the cycle starts
all over again with a test to determine what the
student learned.
This cycle of instruction is the process that
keeps your child up-to-speed in achieving
grade-level standards.
Outl k on State Testing
In addition to classroom testing given throughout
the year, students will take a more rigorous state
assessment at the end of the school year. The data
from this comprehensive test will also be used to tailor
instruction to the individual needs of students.
Garage
F d for Thought
MENU
BACKGROUND
In 2010, legislators adopted college- and career-ready
standards in English Language Arts and Mathematics.
Standards for science, social studies, art and physical education
were written in Oklahoma by Oklahoma educators.
This collection of academic standards is called the
Oklahoma Academic Standards.
The standards will be fully implemented in state schools by the 2013-2014 school year.
WHAT’S NEW?
The new standards more clearly identify what students need to know and allow
students to delve deeper when learning by focusing on fewer but higher concepts.
The new standards incorporate reading, writing and math across all subject areas.
The English Language Arts standards are like a staircase. This staircase of
complexity moves students to higher skills and knowledge as they advance from
PreK to grade 12.
The new standards ask students to apply what they learn within the context of
real-world problems
ASSESSMENT
With more rigorous standards, comes more rigorous assessments.
In the first few years of administering the new assessments, student tests scores
will more than likely drop, but then rebound over time as teachers and students
make learning adjustments.
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Unpack Your OAS Action Plan
o Sign up for the OAS newsletter at TheRoadAheadOK.com.
o Join the OAS social network on Facebook and Twitter.
o Play an active role in supporting student achievement of the
standards.
FLIP OVER!
Sign just ahead for su orting the standards
fo r Citizens of Oklahoma
4 The Road Ahead
Your Hometown, OK
PREK-12 Students
Co ege
Car r
citizen-ready
What are the Oklahoma
Academic Standards?
1 OAS is the vehicle for
improving student
outcomes.
2 College-, Career- and
Citizen-Readiness is our
destination.
3 Educators are in the
classroom driver’s seat.
4 A few instructional shifts by teachers
will move learning into high gear.
5 OAS gets students’ wheels turning.
6 The time to accelerate efforts is now.
7 Assessment stops ensure students
achieve peak performance.
8 Students advance further down the
road when all stakeholders get on
board.
9 Fill your think-tank with support from
the OSDE.
10 Give this initiative a jumpstart!
Test
Re ect
Teach
Plan
F d for
Thought
What Oklahomans
Need to Know for the
Road Ahead
What Teachers Can Do
• Take part in professional
development
• Share best practices with
teacher colleagues
• Share standards with
parents and other education
stakeholders
• Show parents learning
activities to do at home with
children
• Set up real-world tasks that
allow students to apply what
they learn in context
What Parents Can Do
• Become familiar with
academic standards for your
child’s grade level
• Meet with teachers regularly
and ask how you can help
• Attend family workshops
• Take advantage of tutor ing
services
• Build on your child’s
strengths and address
weaknesses by doing
learning activities at home
What Students Can Do
• Know what the academic
standards are for your grade
level
• Focus time and energy
on school work and positive
extracurricular activities
• Ask teachers, parents, and
peers for help if you are
struggling and help your
peers when you can
• Set learning goals and
explore future career paths
through volunteering
What Busine es Can Do
• Help students connect what
they are learning in the
classroom to the real world of
work by
o Being a guest speaker,
doing demonstrations,
and providing hands-on
learning activities in
classrooms
o Off ering internships and
job shadowing.
o Hosting eld trips to your
local of ce
• Provide nancial support if
possible
What Oklahomans Can Do
• Volunteer and/or be a
mentor at your local school
• Attend school board
meetings
• Serve on local school
advisory committees
• Donate classroom materials
• Provide community classes
for parents
• Share school successes
and needs with community
groups
For more information and to join us
on the journey, visit
www.TheRoadAheadOK.com
What Families
Need to Know for
the Road Ahead
TWO-WAY
STREET
SCHOOL
Students bene t
greatly when
schools and
families support
each other’s
efforts!
Cla r m teachers
plan how to best
teach students
using materials
determined by their
local sch ls and districts…
with the goal of helping
students achieve the Oklahoma
Academic Standards.
Families support student
achievement by
coordinating their
efforts with teachers and
doing at-home learning
activities with their
children.
Educators
Co ect with OAS
Local
schools
and
Students Co ect with OAS
Students shift a few gears in the
classroom focusing on reading
more non- ction, building
Families Co ect with OAS
Families support
learning at home
by being familiar
with grade-level
standards,
reviewing test
data, supervising
homework, and
doing at-home
learning activities.
classroom teachers
decide how
students achieve
the standards
by planning the
curriculum and
instruction. Schools, families, and
communities coordinate their efforts
to support achievement of standards.
content knowledge,
tackling more
complex text,
justifying their
answers, writing
across all subject
areas, and using
the language of
learning.
Common Core
English Language
Arts
Common Core
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
World Languages
Personal Financial
Literacy
The Arts
Information
Literacy
Instr uctional
Technology
Technology
Education
Health, Safety,
and Physical
Education
OKDOE_FoldingMap10.indd 1 8/27/13 2:31 PM
We all want our students ready for their
road ahead! In our ever-changing
world,
it is important that Oklahoma schools
produce graduates ready to compete in
today’s workforce. To get students college-and
career-ready,
the Oklahoma State
Department of Education has adopted
and developed the Oklahoma Academic
Standards. These standards are more
focused and rigorous, designed to provide
students with the skills needed to be
successful in the 21st century.
Please join us in lear ning more about the
standards and how you can support our
students on their journey to success!
Janet C. • Barresi
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Welcome
HOME
Prepare PreK-12 students for
College, Career and
Citizenship
Teach students how to think
more deeply and apply what
they learn to solving real
world problems
Provide clear expectations
of what students should
know and be able to do by
the end of each school year